Trending News: This Guy Wanted To Travel Through Southeast Asia, Being Limbless Didn't Stop Him

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Canadian Chris Koch was born without any limbs, but that hasn’t stopped him from travelling.

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Chris Koch was born and raised on a farm in Alberta, but despite being born without arms or legs, he hasn’t quit on his dreams of travelling the world.

While doing a motivational speech in Australia, photographer Anna Tenne met up with Koch and decided to document his six-week journey to Southeast Asia. Take a look at the inspirational video below.

Regardless of the crowds of people and rough terrain, Koch was able to make the best of his trip — even taking his trusty longboard a quarter of the way to Everest basecamp.

"Some of the streets we traveled on were organized chaos and some people were worried I might get run over, but people were giving way to me. It's probably safer for you to walk around with me on my longboard because people are going to notice and not run me over than it is for you to walk by yourself,” Koch said to Today.

"For most people, traveling is just something that's out of their comfort zone," added Tenne to Today. "I learned from Chris that you have to challenge yourself and live life. It's getting past that mental barrier of 'what if' and not worrying about things. You have to have a positive attitude."

Koch is currently training to participate in the Los Angeles marathon and raise money for Zambia water wells. A Change.org petition to influence the L.A. Marathon to let Koch compete with his mobility device has over 16,000 signatures.

For more photos and the whole backstory about Koch, check out his organization If I Can.

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Ask The Big Question: If this guy can do this, what's stopping you from jumping that hurdle in your life?

Disrupt Your Feed: Travelling in Southeast Asia can be difficult in and of itself, just imagine what this guy went through.

Drop This Fact: The distance from Lukla to Everest base camp in Nepal is 38.58 miles, or 62 kilometres, and generally takes eight or nine days to complete.